Historian of the grand sweep of American History (including Disney). Most recently the author of Eisenhower & the Holocaust. Always a proud dad.
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31 October 1973. 1st episode of the 26-part classic ITV documentary series World at War was broadcast. It was narrated by Laurence Olivier with music by Carl Davies. It cost £900,000 (worth £11 million today).
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Patrick Stewart's stories from DUNE are pretty great. There's a whole thing about how David Lynch was disappointed when he showed up because ... well, I won't spoil it. And then this, on his first conversation with Sting, is quite funny:
Patrick Stewart was amazing, a bygone sort of actor with working-class ethics and classical aesthetics. One of the most generally beloved men in Hollywood. Could play a nasty villain! Great actor, he will be missed. thebulwark.com/p/patrick-ste…
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Thoughts by @James1940 on Hitler's Eagle's Nest in Bavaria, recently destroyed by arson. Do we eradicate all signs of Nazism or keep some as a reminder of those chilling times? As it's largely constructed of stone, it will probably be rebuilt.
james1940.substack.com/p/the…?
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Rolling in to Vienna and reminded that, if you go strictly off of cuisine, the capital of what was once one of Europe’s great empires is basically the culinary equivalent of Indiana.*
*This is not a criticism of Austria or Indiana. Real ones know.
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In April 1945, with Axis defeat looming, Britain sent General Sir Andrew Thorne to Trent Park with a dramatic proposal:
Would captured German generals broadcast a surrender appeal to end the war and save lives?
Their response was astonishing:
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You don't have to believe that AI will kill us all to see that it presents real and present dangers to human freedom even if it didn't progress one step further from current, publicly available commercial models.
AI is making us dumber, more dependent, and fraudulent.
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MIT gets it.
“MIT wants to rebuild education around the things AI can't replace. That means oral exams, semester portfolios, in-person project work, and a required social component in every subject. The report even floats the idea of rethinking grades entirely, since without a GPA to optimize, much of the incentive to cheat with AI evaporates.”
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My brief explainer of the AfD landslide victory we've just seen in Saxony-Anhalt and why we should be cautious with historical comparisons 👇
The AfD landslide: explained
@hoyer_kat on Germany’s populist revolt, why voters are angry and why this is not a ‘Weimar moment’.
Watch and let us know what you think below👇
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Okay I’m not sure I can be on this tomorrow. That made me cry.
Tomorrow is a go pray and touch grass day.
We should have made it a federal holiday years ago to encourage civic — American — life.
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Richard Brookhiser - "The Hero Returns: Lafayette and the Legacy of Revolution" | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History gilderlehrman.org/history-re…
What I said.
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The History Department at @Hillsdale is hiring **two** tenure track historians. If you're serious about the liberal arts and want to teach great students, apply! We're a dept of 19 that is probably the most collegial group of historians you'll find. higheredjobs.com/institution…
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"Though America’s ideals were riddled with ironies and inconsistencies, the nation still emerged as a global beacon of ordered liberty. No one better explained the history and significance of that American nation than Gordon Wood." My essay at @PublicDiscourse thepublicdiscourse.com/2026/…
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Religion saturated colonial America. Whether they were devout or not, colonists lived in a world where Christianity was inescapable. | @DanielGullotta
Read “No King but King Jesus:” Religion in the American Revolution: civitasinstitute.org/civitas…
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Booknotes+ Podcast - Richard Brookhiser, "The Hero Returns"
Me, Brian Lamb and Lafayette.
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Dad History is the kind of history most Americans find accessible enough to read. High-quality Dad History should be hailed for what it is: a crucial way to learn and to inform our civic debates and public understanding.
@DavidHeadPhd from the archives:
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Is Kaiser Wilhelm I an underrated figure? Newly transcribed letters between him and Kaiserin Augusta show a monarch who held his own. Have we all been duped by Bismarck's self-aggrandisement?
Historian Jan Markert with some spicy revisionism in ZEITGEIST👇
katjahoyer.uk/p/now-everyone…
Jason Lantzer retweeted
In April 1945, with Axis defeat looming, Britain sent General Sir Andrew Thorne to Trent Park with a dramatic proposal:
Would captured German generals broadcast a surrender appeal to end the war and save lives?
Their response was astonishing:
(🧵)
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The Nazis' "Degenerate Art" exhibition remains one of the most visited displays of art ever. Some were coerced to view it. Others craved a last glance at vanished art.
ZEITGEIST with a guided tour of the crowded vaults of Hofgarten arcade in Munich 1937👇
katjahoyer.uk/p/why-did-so-m…
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WATCH NOW! JMC Scholar @craigbrucesmith (@NDU_EDU) and JMC National Civics Council member Colleen Shogan (@InPursuitUSA /@StandTogether) recently sat down for a discussion w/ Edward G. Lengel & @JonErwin13 of Young Washington and its historical accuracy. buff.ly/bbAuZz4
